Photo collage by Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 8, 2016 As you all know, I tried the “ activism ” thing. I really tried . But now, I’m ready to focus my energies on two things desperately needed in the Trump Era: cultivating serious resistance and providing support for the most vulnerable. I also want to do something specifically for the largest oppressed group on earth: females. Wi...

Dec. 7, 2016 ( Archdruid Report ) -- One of the things I’ve had occasion to notice, over the course of the decade or so I’ve put into writing these online essays, is the extent to which repeating pat...

Edward Snowden Interview with Edward Snowden by Steven Erlanger There’s a campaign for President Obama to pardon you before he leaves office. For many people, you’re a whistle-blowing hero, and for m...

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explains why human perceptions of an independent reality are all illusions. A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experi...

J ames Howard Kunstler James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2016 One amusing angle on the news media broadside about Russia “hacking” the U.S. election is the failure to mention -- or ev...

Nov. 30, 2016 ( Archdruid Report ) -- I have a bone to pick with the Washington Post. A few days back, as some of my readers may be aware, it published a list of some 200 blogs that it claimed were c...

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 23, 2016 Fear and trepidation are slowly building up, as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is fortifying his transitional team with people capable o...